Let me first thank Carp for the opportunity to do a guest blog.  This is my second time (the first was a belated thank you letter to Jaromir Jagr) and it’s tough to follow all the recently great and well-written entries.  Consider the posts bef…

Just got this from MSG:

“HOCKEY NIGHT LIVE!” GEARS UP FOR 2010-11 SEASON

Series Debuts with Two New York Rangers Specials September 4 & 11 on MSG

Pre-Season Coverage Begins September 18 on MSG and MSG Plus

New York – Sep…

“I believe in Hockey”

When Carp told me I could write a guest blog I immediately started thinking about all the different Rangers off-season topics worth commenting on.  The choices seemed endless—Marc Staal’s ongoing contrac…

Happy, because September means hockey … pre-training camp, training camp, preseason.

And, 39 days until Opening Night.

39: The Dominator. Dominik Hasek, maybe the best goalie ever for a stretch of years. Certainly in the conversation.

39: D…

A story made the rounds yesterday that Chris Higgins had signed to play in Italy next season.

But I figured out it wasn’t THE Chris Higgins, because THE CH goes by Christopher … and because the story was accompanied by a photo of him cele…

You’re on your own today …

Forty-one days until Opening Night.

I see a lot of you jumped the gun with Tom Seaver, the obvious one, plus the Jed Ortmeyers and Eddie Mios.

41: Jake Gibbs.

41: Steve “The General” Richmond &…

In keeping with Carp’s countdown theme, we have 42 days to opening night.  With apologies to Mariano Rivera and the five Rangers who wore it (Artem Anisimov, Paul Fenton, Dave Marcinyshyn, Greg Moore and John Tripp), the most famous #42 belongs …

The moment

Before I get to the meat of my post, first I want to thank Carp for taking a chance on someone who has never posted (my employer’s internet policy is strict) but has been an avid follower since the moment I first found this place awh…

I still don’t know quite what to comment on other than odd bits of hockey lore that most of those recalled have already been passed on, I actually got to SEE very few Rangers games in those days ‘cause I couldn’t always afford the tra…

I have no idea why, but ESPN sent me this photo of Barry Melrose and the Most Interesting Man in the World.

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Forty-five days until Opening Night…